At around 4 PM on Saturday, the power went out in my apartment complex and they didn't get it back up until 5 AM on Sunday. I was spending the night somewhere else and I would guess that the temp in my apartment fell to around 45. All of the fish were doing great before that, but when I got back on Sunday afternoon I found Wilson upside down stuck to the filter intake :(. I thought he was dead but when I went to take him out he started moving! I pulled him out and have had him in a smaller container since then, where he's floating on his side. I was sure he would be gone this morning but he's still hanging in there. He tries to swim around occasionally but as soon as he stops he just floats back up there. I'm not sure what else to do for him. He was fine before he got cold. I'm so upset because he was so inquisitive and my favorite baby.

I wanted to start a thread where I could keep all of my goldie pictures & updates in one place, so here we are!
I currently have 4 babies in a 20 long temporarily and will ultimately be moving them into a large tank (most realistically probably a 75 but I'd love a 90 or 125). I love watching their interactions and unique personalities!
Here's their tank. I have some river rocks & pebbles scattered around for aesthetic but it's functionally bare bottom. Originally I only had the 3 plants to the left of the cave in there, but they really didn't seem to like all of the open space and were always hiding in the cave. I may end up removing some of the plants as they grow.
This is Ophelia, Opal for short. I'm really interested to see if she keeps this color and if not what she changes to. She really enjoys pushing all of the rocks around - sometimes I can even hear her doing it from the other room!
This is Georgia. She's by far the shyest and is hard to get pictures of because she likes to hide in the cave when she sees me moving around. She's been getting a little more confident as the days go by so that's fun to watch.
This is Jackie. I bought her & Wilson together before I bought Georgia & Opal together, and as soon as I added the second pair she completely ditched poor Wilson and just wants to hang out with the big girls all the time.
This is Wilson. I have a soft spot for him because, while he's not anti-social, he doesn't seem to have a care in the world and just kind of does his thing wherever, oblivious to where the rest of the gang is. He definitely needs some fattening up so we're working on that.
Georgia and Opal together
Opal with Jackie
In this pic you can see all 4 of them and I really like it because it displays their personalities - Georgia in her favorite hiding spot, Jackie following the oranda pair around, and Wilson just doing his thing in the top center.

I could try to return the fish to the store but I don't see how they would be any better off there as they were in a much smaller tank. I used a bottle of Tetra SafeStart for "up to 40 gallons" and additionally I'm adding Top Fin ReadiStart Nitrifying Bacteria Starter with every water change.
I kept multiple aquariums for several years in high school so I understand the nitrogen cycle, Prime, liquid testing, etc.

Yes, I do already have the 4. I'm testing their water daily and will do water changes as often as necessary. They're all very small still - the 2 smallest are smaller than my betta, and the other 2 are a little smaller than a ping pong ball.

I've been keeping a close eye on the water parameters in my 20 long since I have 4 baby fancy goldfish in there temporarily. Over the past 2 days I've measured .5-.75ppm Ammonia, 0ppm Nitrite, 5ppm Nitrate. Yesterday after measuring the ammonia I did a 40% water change. Today I decided to test my tap water because I thought it was odd that I'm testing ammonia and nitrate without nitrite, and I discovered that my tap water contains about 1ppm Ammonia.
I'm not really sure how to address this, especially because in this case it would almost seem that water changes actually raised the ammonia? Instead of doing a water change after testing today, I dosed the tank with Prime and I'm going to test again tomorrow and see where we're at. Any other thoughts on how to handle this?